Creative ways to help children manage BIG feelings : a therapist's guide to working with preschool and primary children / Dr. Fiona Zandt and Dr. Suzanne Barrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zandt, Fiona, author.

Barrett, Suzanne, author.

Bretherton, Lesley, author.

Series:

Creative Child Therapy.

Creative Child Therapy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jessica Kingsley 2017

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Help children to stay on top of "big" feelings like anger, sadness and anxiety with this ingeniously easy-to-use therapy toolkit. Focusing on making therapy for children both purposeful and playful, the book provides 47 activities to transform your sessions using everyday materials and a variety of tried-and-tested therapy models. The authors deliver sage advice on how to work with children, adapting your approach for different age groups and judging how and when to involve parents and teachers. The handy reference table allows you to quickly fish out the perfect activity for the moment, according to the emotion the child is experiencing, or the therapeutic method needed -- Provided by the publisher.

Contents:

Therapeutic frameworks and why working with children is different

The importance of assessment

Purposeful and playful therapy

Working with families and schools

Developmental considerations when working with children

Key approaches and helpful ideas

How to use this book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781805014393

1805014390

9781784504878

1784504874

OCLC:

961098440